Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-08-26

he sure OF 1t, Nora, for there never was an
other like you"
Just at this moment Whiteface, Morals fa-
vorite COW, came slowly up the meadow path,
and seeing Nora lying there she gave gentle
low. It woke Nora, and she could not for q
moment remember where she was, and she
lay still and looked around for Dermot and
slowly she began to realize that she had been
dreaming, and she rose upon her elbow, and,
strange to say, she grasped in her right hand
tiny tuft OF grass, and in the midst OF it in
plain sight was a clover stem with four dis
tinct leaves upon it. Wide awake now,
yet remembering her vivid dream, Nora ex-
anined her priceless treasure. There was no
mistake, but how had it got into her handl
Reasoners might assert that in her sleep sho
had clutched the tuft Of grass in which this
clover grew, and that the whole idea was
nothing but superstition, but Nora did not
reason. She simply believed, and she was
sure, that in some way as yet unknown all
would be made clear and straight. She knew
it was the fairies who had placed that tails
man in her hands. The rest would come
She went back home and MIXED the cows
and did her duties as deftly as ever but now
she felt herself a p ivileged mortal, holding
a direct and tangible gift from the fairies,
and her whole thoughts were thanks to God
and the Virgin for the fairies gift
Two or three days passed and nothing had
come; still Nora was patient and her faith
great until one evening Mr.. Satterlee came
home and said to his wife
minnie, what is Morals other namel"
'Eleonora Freely. Whyr
"You remember that cranky old woman
who had the Marsh cottage one summer
when we were in the White mountains, don't
your SHIT
THE one who had the smallpox and whom
Nora went and nursed all alonep'
Yes, the very one. Well, she's dead, and
In her will she has left Nora $4,000 in token
OF the 'unselish devotion with which Nora
TOOK care OF supposed pauper, from whom
every one else fled.' So it was written in the
will which was shown me today. After sup
per we will have her III and tell her of her
good fortune"
SO when all was quiet and all the children
fast asleep, Nora was called in and told Of her
good fortune. She did not seem to be as
much astonished as Mr.. and Mrs. Satterlee
thought the case warranted, still they thought
1t was surprise that kept her so silent. Said
her mistress:
Mora, hope when you receive your money
you will not grow to be miserly or avaricious,
as that poor, lonely old woman did. 1t is a
very unlovely habit and one likely to make
you very unhappy if you allowit to overcome
you have often noticed in you tendency
to that fault, but then l thought you were
trying to lay up something toward home of
your own some day, or at least something for
your future, but now that with care your
future is provided for, feel 1t my duty to
tell you that money was made for reasonable
use, not for nliserly hoardings, and you must
be careful or the habit will grow upon you
until you will be despised and narrow
minded miser"
II, ma'am, l." cried Nora aghast; then sud
denly she put her hand in her pocket and in
silence handed her mistress her fathers letter.
A few moments suificed to show that Nora
had for all these faithful, self sacrificing seven
long years been depriving herself of all the
things young girls love to have and had been
sending almost the whole of her hard earned
wages to Ireland to those who would have
starved but for it.
Mrs. Satterlee broke down and threw her,
self first into her good husbands arms and
then into faithful Morals, and mistress and
servant cried together.
Nora's duty now called her to Ireland. anG
-Irs. Satterlee felt that she was losing what
she could never replace. Still she worked
with all her heart to help Nora to get ready
to 60 home as soon as possible; and when she
left there were more than the baby who cried
for dear old Nora.
Thanks to her associations in Mrs Satter-
lees home, Nora was as ladylike and refined
in her manner as any physician could desire
his wife to be, and Dermot was proud and
happy man when his precious, faithful Nora
was in his arms.
The poor old parents and the whole of her
acquaintance were sharers in the little her.
itage that had fallen to Nora, but it seems as
if the four leaf clover has not yet lost its
virtues, for the whole tribe, even to the
seventh cousins, have prospered since Nora
went back to Ireland. Dernot believes with
Nora that there was really something SUPER
natural about the manner in which she re-
ceived that wonderful talisman, and they
preserve it relgiously, and Dermot repeats as
Nora dreamed he did; "None but the pure
in heart and the unselfish in purpose can ever
find it."
Surely our Nora deserved it.
OLIVE HARPER